MUSIC REVIEW - Ms. Lauryn Hill, Hot Tuna, Hayley Williams, and more kick off the 2026 Newport Folk Festival - The festival's kickoff on Friday- which featured performers like Ms. Lauryn Hill, Hot Tuna, and Hayley Williams - the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.

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The Hollywood Reporter ranks Emerson College as one of the country's top five film schools - Boston University also made the Hollywood Reporter's annual rankings of the top 25 film schools.

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Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty over bottle attack at a London nightclub -- He had previously denied more serious charges over what prosecutors called a "vicious attack."

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Chris Affleck, mother of actors Ben and Casey Affleck, dies at 83 -- She died on June 2, two days after attending the high school graduation of one of her grandchildren.

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odie henderson notebook - The politics of playing chess in movies - What the game symbolizes depends on who's playing it.

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How's Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the 'The Odyssey'? We asked classics scholars. -- Debates over the film's relative faithfulness to its source material have raged since it came out.

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Ava DuVernay's '14th' documentary on Trump-contested birthright amendment -- The Netflix film will mark a return to nonfiction for Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker of "Selma" and "Origin," and a follow-up to DuVernay's 2016 film "13th," her examination of the legacy of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

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Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol talks #MeToo, Trump legal proceedings, and the making of her new documentary, 'Ask E. Jean' -- "Ask E. Jean" by filmmaker Ivy Meeropol dives into the life and career of E. Jean Carroll and her legal battles against President Trump.

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Director Sasha Waters on creating a 'poetic visual experience' for 'Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World' -- The new documentary features a mix of archival footage and interviews, with longtime Provincetown resident John Waters weighing in on his longtime neighbor.

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Bob Dylan, B.B. King, and more memorable acts from Newport's jazz and folk fests

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An early 50th for 'Cape Light,' and more local arts news

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Widow of Malcolm-Jamal Warner sues his mother for $1.2 million

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Taylor Swift put the spotlight on Watch Hill. But the pop star isn't center stage when she's in Rhode Island.

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An artist's 'Scroll of Justice' — decades in the making — chronicles America's unraveling

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Disney+ to release streaming Julie Andrews documentary in 2027

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'Weird Al' at Tanglewood: jokes, wigs, and impressive musicianship

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Viola Davis and her husband donate $1.2m to build a 'community hub' in Central Falls, R.I.

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The Lowell Folk Festival lost its NEA grant last year. Then it hosted one of its most successful editions in a decade.

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